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Game of Death (1978)

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The Game of Death
USA theatrical release poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hong Kong
Directed by Robert Clouse
Release Date 1978
Studio Golden Harvest
Distributor Columbia Pictures (USA release)
Main Cast
Character Actor
Billy Lo Bruce Lee
Ann Morris Colleen Camp
Dr. Land Dean Jagger
Steiner Hugh O'Brian


Game of Death is a Hong Kong martial arts movie starring Bruce Lee. Lee started working on the movie in 1972, however he got an offer to star in Enter the Dragon, so he stopped working on this, and although he intended to finish the movie, he died suddenly in 1973. The movie was finished in 1978 by Robert Clouse (the director of Enter the Dragon) using the footage which Lee shot in 1972, and using a look-alike for the other scenes. It should be noted however, that the story of the finished movie is different from the original story written by Bruce Lee.

In the movie Bruce Lee is Billy Lo, an actor who becomes the target of the mob after he refuses a contract. After an attempt on his life Billy fakes his death (using actual footage of Bruce Lee's funeral) and goes to Macau to get the head of the mobsters, Dr. Land (Dean Jagger).

The following guns can be seen in the movie The Game of Death:


Smith & Wesson Model 19

Stick (Mel Novak) tries to kill Billy during the shooting of a scene with a Smith & Wesson Model 19.

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Smith & Wesson Model 19 - .357 Magnum
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Stick loads the S&W revolver with a real bullet instead of the blank he is given.
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Stick shoots Billy.

Smith & Wesson Model 60

Ann (Colleen Camp) has a Smith & Wesson Model 60 in her bag when she tells Jim (Gig Young) on the phone that she'll kill Dr. Land. Later, Jim takes the gun away from her. When Ann is at the martial arts tournament in Macau, she pulls out the Model 60 to kill Dr. Land and Stick, but Billy, who is disguised as an old man prevents her from doing it.

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Smith & Wesson Model 60 - .38 Special
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Ann opens her bag, revealing the revolver.
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Ann starts to pull out the revolver from her bag.

Arisaka Type 99

Some of the extras carry Arisaka rifles at the shooting of the movie, when Stick tries to kill Billy.

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Arisaka Type 99 battle rifle - 7.7x58mm
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The director of the movie talks to the extras armed with Arisaka Type 99 rifles.

Winchester Model 70

Stick tries to kill Billy at on point with a Winchester 70 rifle, but misses. Billy than takes the rifle away from him and beats him up.

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Winchester Model 70
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Stick loads his rifle.
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Stick is obviously displeased for missing Billy.
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Stick with his rifle.

Unknown pistol

Steiner (Hugh O'Brian) shoots at with an unknown type of pistol the disguised Billy (who is played at this point by Tai Chung Kim instead of Bruce Lee) when Billy tries to kill Land.

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Steiner shoots at Billy.